Oklahoma Crime News

Oklahoma County checkpoint nets 26 arrests overnight near Quail Springs Mall 6 hr ago An overnight Oklahoma County sheriff's checkpoint in northwest Oklahoma City netted 26 arrests, 16 of which were on suspicion of DUI, spokesman Mark Myers said. Deputies operated the checkpoint...

Body discovered in Del City apartment fire 10 hr ago DEL CITY — Fire crews discovered a body while fighting a blaze at a condemned apartment complex Saturday morning. The Del City Fire Department responded to the blaze about 3:50 a.m. at the...

Budget cuts hurt Oklahoma law enforcement 11 hr ago | Add a comment Budget cuts are proving particularly troubling for prosecutors and others who enforce state laws. "We are on the verge of trying to identify classes of cases we simply won’t...

Two arrested in Norman in connection with Oklahoma City man's death 21 hr ago NORMAN — Two people were arrested Saturday in connection with the death of an Oklahoma City man whose body was found in the trunk of a burning car last week. Antonio Cordell Mendoza, 23,...

Body discovered at vacant apartment complex in Del City after fire Yesterday DEL CITY – Fire crews discovered a body while fighting a blaze at a vacant Del City apartment complex Saturday morning. The Del City Fire Department responded to the blaze at the vacant Eagle...

Tulsa woman faces charges in infant son’s death Yesterday TULSA — Police arrested a woman Friday evening on a second-degree manslaughter charge in the drowning death of her infant son. Krista Dawson, 18, is charged in the death of James Dawson, 9...

Norman police look for robbers Yesterday NORMAN — A gas station was robbed Friday night and police are looking for two black men. About 7 p.m., two masked robbers walked into the Global Mobil, 3340 W Main, armed with a handgun....

Nichols Hills third-grader’s love of sports remembered Yesterday With hundreds of people gathered Friday to remember the life of 9-year-old Tommy Wolf, the Rev. Rick Stansberry addressed the question likely on everyone’s mind. Why? "This is one of...

Couple admit spying Yesterday | Add a comment WASHINGTON — A retired State Department worker and his wife accused of a decades-long plot to spy for Cuba pleaded guilty Friday in a deal that will leave him behind bars for the rest of his...

Attorney says teen requires treatment Yesterday | Add a comment JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A teenager accused of killing a 9-year-old neighbor should be sent to a psychiatric hospital because she shows signs of severe depression and anxiety, her attorney said....

Oklahoma City man won’t fight extradition to N.D. Yesterday An Oklahoma City man facing charges in a murder-for-hire plot will not fight extradition to North Dakota. During a short court appearance Friday, Gene Kirkpatrick signed the paperwork waiving his...

Oklahoma City police release imposter drawing Fri, Nov 20, 2009 A woman told police a man impersonating a police officer sexually assaulted her in Oklahoma City, and police have released a sketch of the attacker. The woman told police she was pulled over about...

Kidnapped Britons say pirates threatening lives Fri, Nov 20, 2009 | Add a comment LONDON — A retired British couple snatched from their yacht by Somali pirates said in an interview broadcast Friday they fear they could be killed within a week or handed to a terrorist group...

Locust Grove man charged in slayings of six in Oklahoma City Fri, Nov 20, 2009 A cage fighter from Locust Grove was charged Friday with six counts of first-degree murder in the Nov. 9 deaths of four people and two unborn babies. David Allen Tyner, 28, is being held under...

In brief: Oklahoma appellate court reduces prison sentence Fri, Nov 20, 2009 APPELLATE COURT REDUCES PRISON SENTENCE A prison sentence of 546 years recommended by an Oklahoma County jury a year ago was changed Friday to life imprisonment by an appellate court. The state...